Abia Government threatens sanctions over illegal graduation levies

Consequently, the government has placed an absolute ban on compulsory levies for internal transitions, classifying them as unauthorised extortions.

Immediate Enforcement and Public Reporting Channels

The state government took action following field intelligence reports indicating that several school proprietors were continuing to enforce high, mandatory graduation fees on pupils moving between regular promotional classes.

To guarantee strict adherence, the Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education has deployed tracking and enforcement teams across all local government education authorities to conduct unannounced monitoring exercises.

Commissioner Ubochi urged parents, guardians, and education stakeholders to resist these illegal charges and actively report non-compliant institutions directly to the Ministry for prompt investigation and decisive legal action.